Beekeepers
- Primary beekeepers
- Folks making the critical decisions because they own Beekeeping for Dummies
- Bee, er, B-Team Beekeepers
- Folks who help out when they can
- Beekeepers At Large
- Wonderful helpers who were drafted to assist
- Wanna-bee Beekeepers
- People who suited up to assist or satisfy their curiosity
- Hardware
- The folks behind hive and frame assembly and set-up
- Software
- The talented knitters, crocheters and decorators who’ve made the bears so doggone cute!
- Converts
- People who have kept bees with us, only to buy their own hives and manage them waaaay better
Primary beekeepers
Original beekeeper Tom Sonday (1958 - 2009)
Queen Bee Charlotte Hubbard
Becca, who represents Tom's Bee-Loved Honey in the Southern Hemisphere.
Rose, the bees love her and her name. Here she is with our first swarm.
Bee, er, B-Team Beekeepers
Wayne, often called upon to carry honey from the hives.
Dov (being attacked by Snortles) loves working with the bees.
Jessica demonstrates her mastery of cap cutting.
Beekeepers At Large
Amber, Florida resident, considers beekeeping in 90F weather a temperate activity.
Chad Kitzinger, future Michigan Wolverine and excellent assistant with the orchard bees.
Ben and Sloan, best known for setting a queen bee free. (Future offers of help were rejected.)
Aaron, who knows a lot about bees, and even more about assembling bears in a chorus.
Wanna-bee Beekeepers
Tanya, Ashley and Autumn, from California, harvest 09's first honey.
Lori, from D.C., wants to quit her job and beecome a queen bee.
Kelly, a natural at beekeeping, and managing to look awesome in a beesuit.
Dr. Pete (center) and not-so-sure-she's-liking-it wife Tracy help Rose install new bees.
Oren has a way with the bees.
Alex also has a way with the bees.
Jesse, good beekeeper and great bee photographer!
Nathan, the only person to master the framemaker.
Jon, who excels in both hive construction and consuming honey.
Software
Tom's sister Sooz crochets bear-wear.
Merry and Rose help add bling to the bear-wear.
Kayla excels at dressing bears in hats and scarves.
Tom's mother Nelda is the genius behind crocheting hats and matching scarf bear-wear.
Our Converts
Cyrus Ghaemi, Scott Sebastian, soon to be others? Photos forthcoming!
